i have a really bad habit of playing my favourite-song-right-now on repeat until i get sick of it. but i'm pretty good with the endurance bit and actually make my sister sick of the song before i get sick of it :)

i'm really bored and am procrastinating, my lecture notes and textbook sitting right beside me. for now, corporate accounting can go jump off a cliff. i'm even too lazy to put a title on this post!

anyway i have just captured a quick shot of our wardrobe and boy is it a mess! you know what they say about messy wardrobes equals a disorganised mind or something along those lines? not true. i have a perfectly organised mind :)

crush some more

warning: this post will be entirely about my long-term crush (see previous posts for info)

and so this is...the 2nd time i have been introduced to him. the 1st being 15 months ago whilst waiting to go into an accounting mid-sem, having daisy doing a saying-name-while-gesturing intro mid-way through her last-minute cramming. i'm not even sure he remembered me then as the same person from stats class, omg 2 years before that!....hmmm there's something to think about. anyway, the whole point being today i had another intro and again, i don't think he remembers me. or maybe he does...ok here's the recap because i can and also so i don't have to repeat it to all my girls :)

i was walking around aimlessly, erm well at least aimlessly towards my next class that is, snack in hand, wondering if i should take up a "6 free foils" offer at the hairdresser tomorrow (will not be happening because the car is getting a facelift and i'm supposed to be "studying"). so back to my walking, i turned ie. changed direction, and sun in my eye, looked down onto the lovely pavement in order to reduce sun-damage to my peeps and thought i caught a glance of shikha's lovely bright green bag so i took a 2nd look and lo and behold! it's shikha!! of course i was happy to see her! with only one class with her this semester, i never get to see her more often than once a week unless i bump into her, like today! anyway, who did she happen to be walking with? yup you guessed it, him...small world? wellllll i would like to indulge with the whole story of thursday but....it's really not that exciting. long story short, that's when shikha started talking to him and that's why they were together and that's why i had the chance of a 2nd intro! ok getting on with it, we said hi, shikha introduced us, talked a bit then shikha and i left. don't worry i didn't forget about my class...it didn't start for another 40 mins. plenty of time! anyway as soon as we walked away, shikha emphasised her point that he's not attractive, proving that we do indeed have different tastes although i did mention before that he's not attractive. even to me. see...looks aren't everything! just like esther said :) then shikha told me that i was blushing before when i was talking to him and i was quite adamant that i wasn't blushing. in fact, i thought i was rather cool and calm and in control. very collected not at all flustered! but if i was or if he thought i was blushing then ohhhh nooooo!!!! :(
ok now looking back on this post, it's actually really sad and now i am indeed blushing. but life goes on and everyone can do with a good laugh right? ok better press "publish" before i chicken out!!

cool as a bean

i'm feeling slightly tired and i've been hunched over my laptop since dinner. i'm sitting on my bed so my back hurts and is screaming out for a chiropractor to come save it. my eyes have gone all droopy and i guess its because i should be getting to bed. but it was so much fun chatting with esther and pao wan on msn :) thx for the lovely conversation/gossip gals! not guys ;) i'm thinking we should definitely do the grad tour, maybe road-trip the journey? and possibly something for the sept hols? ok it's getting late and i'm heading to the markets with mum tomorrow so i better run! hmmm this was short...

love affair with purple

i hate queensland weather. why does it have to be so damn hot??? i'd rather not put away my jeans and cardis yet. although there are many people who would beg to differ. i know several skin-cancer loving people (ok don't take that personally) who are overjoyed at being able to tan every weekend, not being cooped up inside with the heater on. for me, i love bumming around the house in my pjs and being able to do almost everything that doesn't require me to socialise in comfy clothes. don't get me wrong, i love to dress up for a night out or wear something more than just ruggers and jersey (that was only during my college years) to uni. there's just something about pjs...

anyway, nice to see me procrastinating since i haven't finished studying for corporate accounting. guess i'm just easily distracted. but i am determined to finish it by the weekend so i can move on to....derivatives! actually studying up forwards, futures and options is so much better than learning consolidation journals for investments in subsidiaries. yup that's right, big yawn!

i was just thinking over the last weekend about how i never see anyone around anymore, especially chris ( i was thinking about him coz his birthday is today not for any other reason. btw HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS AND CHRISTINE!!!). and then i see him not once, but twice this week! sweet, i think, it happens! on monday, after a gruelling 5 hrs of mundane tutorials and lectures, i was berating myself for not bringing along a cardi (i'm not crazy, it gets really hot all day and then goes all freezing cold at night) and trying to walk as quickly as possible across the great court, praying that nancy already has the car ready so i'm not standing around for ages, when i heard my name. and then again. i mean you would think that i would look around after the first time right? my excuse: i was thinking about how cold i was! and a few metres away from me, is chris although i have no idea how i made out that it was him in the dark. i wave, i keep walking. so that was chris sighting number one. then yesterday, after scoffing down a huge roast beef roll for lunch, and fresh strawberries for desert during ubt, i was sitting in my lecture and the girl next to me was eating a chocolate cookie! a chocolate cookie! so of course, i was craving a chocolate cookie. i always get hungry all the time if i have a good-size breakfast in the morning. and i had roti and curry. so after almost going crazy for 2 hours with my cookie cravings, i was walking to my next tute, debating if i indeed should have that cookie i was craving for. and out of nowhere, seriously, nowhere, someone grabs my arm and scared the living bejeezies out of me. chris sighting number two. ok, more like meeting rather than sighting. and no, i had enough restraint not to have a cookie. but i do want one now...

you know how in high school you have that silly crush that lasts for only 1 second? maybe progression to uni also means that you hang on to your crushes for longer? alright, confession: i have had a crush on one particular boy for the last 4 years. crap! that's a long time! and it's not that he's particular attractive, in fact, shikha and i have concluded that he is indeed balding! alright, to be fair, he's more receding than balding but you get the idea. yes, i can be very dramatic. he's just....i really hate using this word especially since i just told someone (not telling who) that this is what he is....charming. like suave. like really really cool ( ok back to high school terminology now). ok so meeting this crush in a stats lecture in 2003, actually i wouldn't give a rats ass who he is accept that he demanded my attention back then. no, not being dramatic this time, but he spoke to me first. ok not really speak but more like, oh gosh this is not getting good it's like i'm digging an even bigger hole for myself, but he was teasing me. like in a high school way, since we did just graduate from high school not long ago back then. and although we didn't become one of those friends who sit together in classes, we did do alot of the same subjects (duh! same degree!) and so saw him quite often. but really, why do i still have a crush on this guy?? but i'm not the same boy-crazy michelle as i was back then ie. i don't do man-eating anymore so boys, you can relax.

then there's also a very perplexing issue of why great eligible guys that you meet and get to really know are almost always never single. and then by the time you get to stage where it would just be weird if you get together (ie he's like a brother to you) he becomes available and on the market.

so there's some things to think about. oh and right now, i'm taking on the challenge to memorise the book of james. i scanned through the verses and discovered how much wisdom and truth (very confronting ones) there are in them. so this little head is going to squeeze in a little more into that brain of hers!

and to top it all off, here is a photo i just received from lyn of the 2 of us in melbourne, taking snaps whilst mel tries on tsubis in the fitting rooms :)

oh and i'm totally lovin' purple at the moment. i'm even thinking about getting purple jeans! fashion faux pas or seriously bitchin' idea?? comments please!!

getting into it!

4 weeks of uni have already passed and i'm seriously stressing about how behind i'm getting. so i made a resolution to get into my accounting for corporate structures this weekend. right, so 4 weeks of figuring out how to do consolidation journals for the group. even that sounds hard enough without having to actually do it. focus michelle!!! i have to get through this. just keep your head down and keep working!!! at least i'm not spending too much time trying to wrap my head around the concepts. it's main just revising what i have learnt so far. *ssssiiiiiigggghhhhh* and once i finish this, which prob won't be till tuesday at best, i'm going to have to get on the case with auditing! already behind with the quizzes! right, back to work!

This must finally be the week that my lucky stars are all in line. Nope, it's just God's way of saying He's watching over me.

I am pleased to announce that I have indeed passed Investments so there is no need to panic about not graduating in December. Also that, in a way, I rock.

This year I have been preaching like no other that being single is a good thing. Maybe I was just trying to convince myself, along with anyone else who will hear. But now I truly understand why and don't blame God for leaving me alone with noone for companionship. One thing, if I did have a boyfriend in a serious relationship, would I really be free to choose what I want to do when I graduate? Ok I haven't decided what to do or where to stay but at least I don't feel commited to stay on the gold coast or even brisbane for that matter. I can choose anywhere in the world to go to. The world is my oyster. yada yada. I'm free and loving it. When I settle down and get married I will have plenty of opportunities to be responsible and sensible and think of my other half. But right now I don't have to be worried about how my partner will feel if I just upped and left. Singapore, New York, London, Melbourne, I could be anywhere and I wouldn't have to worry about a long distance relationship. I also don't have to commit myself to right here so that I can be with a bf, who i might add, may not be "the one". oh yeah and I can perve all I want on the hot boys that seem to inundate my finance classes :) make that a really really big smile :)

And I know that God is watching over my spiritual growth by providing me with a church and also uni bible talks (ubt) to learn more and meeting people who will be encouraging and inspiring my spiritual life.

I have also learnt not to be discouraged. that God has a plan for me. so i can start applying for all the jobs i want and if a rejection letter comes my way, I won't be saddened or discouraged but know that God is leading the way, and He will put me where i will be able to do the most for Him :)

Long time no post!

Ok, yeah, I haven't gotten to a computer long enough to write out a post so I've got some catching up to do. I got to uni today nice and early (though I only got a parking space in the fartherest possible place) and just found out that my lecture has been cancelled. Uh huh. So I've managed to snag a computer at our busiest library to update myself with what's going on with the rest of the world. Oh and also to tell all what I've been up to.

So firstly, Melbourne trip! *For those who don't want the details, skip down to the highlights.* Mel and I got a total of 4 hours sleep Thursday night. Because the dvd box set of Veronica Mars Season 1 we ordered arrived (yay! before we left for Melbourne too!) and we just had to watch the last couple of episodes that we haven't seen. Of course, it left on a cliffhanger of a season so now we're busting our asses to try to get season 2 asap. We are not obsessed. Ok back to Melbourne: so we left the house at 5.15am for our 6.30am flight and arrived in Melbourne at 9.05am. Thank God there wasn't daylight savings or we'd be missing out! After checking-in to our hotel (we had some trouble with finding the lifts) we decided to head to Crown and did some window shopping 'coz that's all we could afford really. Then we met up with Lynette in the city, were supposed to meet Jon too but guess he's got a busier social schedule than I will ever have :p. Thanks to Lynette who helped Mel find her jeans. She absolutely loves them to death. We shopped till we dropped. Quite literally. So much so that we couldn't walk back into the city to see Christine and she had to come to us instead! Honestly, we did alot of walking and we felt like we just couldn't take another step. Dinner with Christine was great. Seriously, since leaving Singapore in 1997 we hardly ever see each other (try once every few years) but when we do, it's like we never left. But it was an early night for us since it was an extremely early start to begin with. Saturday we did some shopping with mum and dad (they got in at like 11pm and decided to ring at 12am to let us know they're here) in the morning and ended with hot chocolate at Koko Black. They are the best hot chocolates (thanks to Lynette again) but I think we over did it with chocolate truffles on the side. After that, Mel and I were feeling very sick to the stomach and shopped miserably before meeting Christine and the twins Alison and Rachel. We had lunch and did some shopping again before meeting up with mum and dad for dinner with their friends. Sunday was sad and we had gloomy weather to match our spirits. We would be leaving Melbourne and don't know when our next visit will be. After a quick breakfast with mum and dad we psyched ourselves up for the day ahead and tackled the Queen Victoria markets. Oh yes, our feet still hurt like hell but we just ploughed on anyway. Then we stopped by a really funky cafe/bar for a big breakfast and hot and spicy wedges for lunch. It was good food and even better music. Then on we went to Lygon Street, the museum and exhibition hall before Mel couldn't take the walking any more. So we trammed it to Federation Square where a guy was doing a comedy sketch thing and we decided to leave when it got a little too disturbing. Since we were pretty much all shopped out we decided to hit the high fashion street and peeked in at Gucci, Chanel, all the usual suspects and then ducking in to check out a retro vintage store that had some pretty cool stuff. After all that, we could only drag ourselves back to Crown and rendezvoused with mum and dad at Cafe Greco for tea. They have the best selection of cakes - all yummy :) I wish I could bake like that!! What a way to end our trip, hey.

the highlights:
Melbourne Central so totally rocks! Also loving the Myers Melbourne - wish they have a store like that up here. So jealous. Lynette is still as lovely as ever, it was good catching up again! Christine, I'm on to you and your alter ego...Chris hahaha love the random photo taking tho ;). Alison and Rachel...so grown up and looking more unlike each other than ever! Too bad I couldn't meet with Esther and Pao Wan :'( oh and Jon too. I'm wondering if you've gotten any buffer haha is that even possible??? Tiramisu at Cafe Greco. My fave little lollies from Suga - now I finally know how they make them :) almost getting run over by trams. buying lots of new stuff, with alot of restraint not to go overboard.

I will be putting a link up soon to the photos we took in Melbourne. So if anyone has a suggestion of a good website let me know. At the moment I'm using photobucket but it gives me the shits 'coz my photos are so big! Oh yeah and if Lynette is reading this, I didn't get any photos with you! So it'd be great if you can share with me the photos you took of us :)